Health, illness or addiction: social aspects Books

Book SynopsisExplores the social, political, racial, and economic consequences of the 1878 yellow fever epidemic in Mississippi. A mild winter, a long spring, and a torrid summer produced conditions favoring the Aedes aegypti and spread of fever. In late July New Orleans newspapers reported the epidemic and upriver officials established checkpoints, but efforts at quarantine came too late.

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Book SynopsisIn Reading for Health: Medical Narratives and the Nineteenth-Century Novel, Erika Wright argues that the emphasis in Victorian Studies on disease as the primary source of narrative conflict that must be resolved has obscured the complex reading practices that emerge around the concept of health.Trade Review“In Erika Wright’s concise, incisive Reading for Health: Medical Narratives and the Nineteenth-Century Novel, she reverses a formative assumption: instead of reading for illness, she focuses on well-being. She recovers narratives of prevention instead of therapeutic narratives, and those health-based stories have a different form; instead of a pattern of diagnosis/crisis/cure, narratives of health are stories of steady-state maintenance.” * Victorian Studies *“Offering a largely overlooked perspective, Wright adds to growing body of scholarship in the medical humanities by considering what she terms ‘hygienic’ Victorian novels. She argues that in contrast to the familiar therapeutic narrative arc of ‘prelude, crisis, and cure,’ hygienic narratives are premised on maintenance and prevention. …Wright’s volume not only represents an important contribution to scholarship on the Victorian novel, medical humanities, and narrative theory but also demonstrates the value of literature in helping improve medical education and communication. Summing Up: Highly recommended.” * CHOICE *“A fascinating and timely contribution to discussions concerning the interrelation of medicine and fiction.” * English Studies *“In its original uncovering of hygienic narrative strategies in the nineteenth century, Reading for Health proves to be an important contribution to interdisciplinary nineteenth-century studies scholarship with an interest in literature and medicine.” * Victoriographies *“Wright breaks new ground in Reading for Health. The act of focusing on health within a genre which prioritizes the narrative arc wrought by disease is itself a new way of looking. Her book is of interest not only to scholars of canonical nineteenth-century English literature, but also to instructors of narrative medicine and to medical professionals and medical professionals in training, who may use the book as an aid in bringing empathy into their practice.” * Australasian Journal of Victorian Studies *“Expertly crafted and exquisitely written, Reading for Health uncovers the strategies by which nineteenth-century novelists—writing in the wake of new medical theories and practices—make the vagaries besetting the desired end of ‘good health’ a thematic and structuring principle of their work, in the process upending traditional narratives of illness and cure. This is a spectacular addition to the burgeoning field of medical humanities and to narrative theory.”“Erika Wright’s Reading for Health brilliantly shows how good health is not only a subject but a strategy of reading and writing worked out in the finest nineteenth-century novels. Good health is a rhetoric and an informing epistemology, constructing not just plots but readers. Wright is canny, sly, and remarkably able to get beneath the surface of novels—and her readers. An exhilarating study.”“Wright’s thoroughly original analysis focuses not on narratives of illness, but on narratives of health. She concentrates on how authors meet the narratological challenge of thematizing hygiene—a task that requires novelists to depart from the model of crisis and resolution privileged in both case studies of illness and the form of fiction itself. Thus reading against the grain, Wright uncovers a hidden history of health and of the novel itself.”

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Book SynopsisThe Phenomenology of Pain is the first book-length investigation of its topic to appear in English. Groundbreaking, systematic, and illuminating, it opens a dialogue between phenomenology and such disciplines as cognitive science and cultural anthropology to argue that science alone cannot clarify the nature of pain experience without incorporating a phenomenological approach. Building on this premise, Saulius Geniusas develops a novel conception of pain grounded in phenomenological principles: pain is an aversive bodily feeling with a distinct experiential quality, which can only be given in original first-hand experience, either as a feeling-sensation or as an emotion.Geniusas crystallizes the fundamental methodological principles that underlie phenomenological research. On the basis of those principles, he offers a phenomenological clarification of the fundamental structures of pain experience and contests the common conflation of phenomenology with introspectionism. GeniusTrade Review“[A] radical and unitary attempt, newly thought through, at a methodical clarification of this crucial experience. The author’s expositions achieve a high scientific standard and display an admirable familiarity with the enormous literature on the topic, yet without ever losing sight of the phenomenon itself, and he makes himself intelligible to readers who are not specialists in phenomenology. This is certainly not a minor merit of the book…. Any future treatment of pain in a phenomenological or philosophical perspective will accordingly have to pay very serious attention to this book." * Husserl Studies *“By making phenomenology dialogical, Geniusas opens up his study to findings from disciplines other than phenomenology. Philosophers, scientists, psychologists, sociologists, and really anyone interested in pain experience can both understand and critically engage with the book. Furthermore, … [Geniusas’s] explorations of the relation between listening and treatment of pain conditions, between the life-world and pain experiences, and between the lived body and the mind shed a new light on different aspects of medical treatments.” * Journal of Phenomenological Psychology *“Geniusas convincingly substantiates his claim that phenomenology is essential to reconciling various elements of the slippery concept of pain, while also elegantly teaching the basic principles of phenomenology. By focusing on Husserl rather than Heidegger or Merleau-Ponty, who are more commonly invoked in the contemporary phenomenology of health, illness, and medicine, Geniusas allows for a more analytical approach to his subject.”“Geniusas is the first to have developed a systematic phenomenology of pain, which has never existed before the publication of this book as far as its conceptual scale and empirical base are concerned….It is also its great merit that it outlines new prospects for a dialogue between phenomenology and the positivistic sciences of pain." * Horizon: Studies in Phenomenology *

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Book SynopsisThis collection of first-person accounts by doctors, nurses, and others at the front lines in Appalachia explains how rural communities have responded to COVID-19, addresses stereotypical assumptions about and challenges within rural medical care, and describes burnout and other long-term effects of the pandemic on health-care workers.Trade Review“The ‘story’ of rural America during the COVID-19 pandemic is best examined by looking at the response of an underresourced and poorly designed system of care, providing care for a population most at risk for the pandemic.”

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Book SynopsisThis collection of first-person accounts by doctors, nurses, and others at the front lines in Appalachia explains how rural communities have responded to COVID-19, addresses stereotypical assumptions about and challenges within rural medical care, and describes burnout and other long-term effects of the pandemic on health-care workers.Trade Review“The ‘story’ of rural America during the COVID-19 pandemic is best examined by looking at the response of an underresourced and poorly designed system of care, providing care for a population most at risk for the pandemic.”

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Book SynopsisThe Phenomenology of Pain is the first book-length investigation of its topic to appear in English. Groundbreaking, systematic, and illuminating, it opens a dialogue between phenomenology and the sciences to argue that science alone cannot clarify the nature of pain experience without incorporating a phenomenological approach.Trade Review“[A] radical and unitary attempt, newly thought through, at a methodical clarification of this crucial experience. The author’s expositions achieve a high scientific standard and display an admirable familiarity with the enormous literature on the topic, yet without ever losing sight of the phenomenon itself, and he makes himself intelligible to readers who are not specialists in phenomenology. This is certainly not a minor merit of the book…. Any future treatment of pain in a phenomenological or philosophical perspective will accordingly have to pay very serious attention to this book." * Husserl Studies *“By making phenomenology dialogical, Geniusas opens up his study to findings from disciplines other than phenomenology. Philosophers, scientists, psychologists, sociologists, and really anyone interested in pain experience can both understand and critically engage with the book. Furthermore, … [Geniusas’s] explorations of the relation between listening and treatment of pain conditions, between the life-world and pain experiences, and between the lived body and the mind shed a new light on different aspects of medical treatments.” * Journal of Phenomenological Psychology *“Geniusas convincingly substantiates his claim that phenomenology is essential to reconciling various elements of the slippery concept of pain, while also elegantly teaching the basic principles of phenomenology. By focusing on Husserl rather than Heidegger or Merleau-Ponty, who are more commonly invoked in the contemporary phenomenology of health, illness, and medicine, Geniusas allows for a more analytical approach to his subject.”“Geniusas is the first to have developed a systematic phenomenology of pain, which has never existed before the publication of this book as far as its conceptual scale and empirical base are concerned….It is also its great merit that it outlines new prospects for a dialogue between phenomenology and the positivistic sciences of pain." * Horizon: Studies in Phenomenology *

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Book SynopsisArgues that we need to understand the appeal and persistence of the outbreak narrative because the stories we tell about disease emergence have consequences. This title presents cautionary tale about how the stories we tell circumscribe our thinking about global health and human interactions as the world imagines the next Great Plague.Trade Review“Contagious is a magnificent book, notable for its prose, its expansiveness, its courage, and its creativity.”—Rita Charon, founder of the Program in Narrative Medicine, Columbia University Medical Center“Priscilla Wald stunningly demonstrates how epidemics are forms of cultural autobiography, telescoping stories of outbreak and contagion that are reflected in our myths, symbols, archetypes, and social networks. Beautifully written and passionately argued, Contagious is required reading for those interested in learning how our diseases shape the ways we think about ourselves and our relationships and how our desires to be close to other people overlap with our anxieties about being infected by them.”—Jonathan Michel Metzl, author of Prozac on the Couch: Prescribing Gender in the Era of Wonder Drugs“Rippling across the span of the twentieth century, Priscilla Wald’s book traces the trajectories of ‘outbreak narratives,’ stories about the spread and conquest of contagious diseases. With beautifully crafted prose, Wald shows how the scientific and fictional, social and microbial intermingle as outbreak narratives confront an essential paradox, that human connectedness both imperils and saves us. Contagious is essential reading for science studies, for the field of literature and medicine, and indeed for anyone interested in the social, discursive, and cultural implications of epidemiology.”—N. Katherine Hayles, University of California, Los Angeles“Contagious is an informative, enjoyable, and well-researched interdisciplinary work that bridges literary analysis with medical history and goes a long way in explaining our fascination with outbreak narratives. The numerous popular narratives in television and film act as more than examples; they are important ways in which the outbreak narrative establishes a cultural foothold in popular imagination.” -- Shayne Pepper * Journal of Popular Culture *“[S]uperb. . . . A model of impressive broadbased interdisciplinary research that draws on popular culture (the novel, film, science journalism, and hygiene manuals), sociology and information theory, bacteriology and virology, and the history of public health, Wald’s book traces with great clarity the complex cultural logic of what she calls the “outbreak narrative” across the long twentieth century.” -- Kathleen Woodward * MLQ *“Wald has made a substantial contribution in terms of uniting theoretical insights from such fields as mythology, literature, and film studies, and applying them to the history of infectious disease epidemiology. In doing so, she makes a strong case for the importance of both the cultural critic and of interdisciplinary thinking in the preparation for future outbreaks of global disease.” -- Richard McKay * Medical History *“Wald is at her best when probing the literary and historical roots of today’s conventions, homing in on particular moments in the past. She is superb, for instance, in recalling how an immigrant Irish cook named Mary Mallon was deemed a typhoid carrier, recast as the notorious Typhoid Mary, and banished to an island off the Bronx.” -- Amanda Schaffer * Bookforum *“Wald powerfully shows not only that narrative is, in effect, the essence of epidemiology, but also that all people in every aspect of their lives make sense of the world through unarticulated structures of narrative. Articulating them, as she has done, shines a bright light outward on a scary world of shadowy threats and inward on ourselves.” -- David S. Barnes * Journal of American History *"Wald describes how the circulation of ideas and attitudes about contagious diseases led people to form social groups and eventually social cultures. Her book is filled with an exceptionally thorough review of varied pieces of information from journalism and films, as well as from real-life scientific events, that will help readers glean perspectives of how disease and outbreak narratives can shape the way people think about their societies and how they relate to others in the face of danger and infection risks. . . . In our interconnected and borderless world, outbreak narratives can endanger or save us." -- Suok Kai Chew * New England Journal of Medicine *Table of ContentsAcknowledgments ix Introduction 1 1. Imagined Immunities: The Epidemiology of Belonging 29 2. The Healthy Carrier: "Typhoid Mary" and Social Being 68 3. Communicable Americanism: Social Contagion and Urban Spaces 114 4. Viral Cultures: Microbes and Politics in the Cold War 157 5. "The Columbus of AIDS": The Invention of "Patient Zero" 213 Epilogue 264 Notes 271 Works Cited 323 Index 353

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Book SynopsisArgues that we need to understand the appeal and persistence of the outbreak narrative because the stories we tell about disease emergence have consequences. This title presents cautionary tale about how the stories we tell circumscribe our thinking about global health and human interactions as the world imagines the next Great Plague.Trade Review“Contagious is a magnificent book, notable for its prose, its expansiveness, its courage, and its creativity.”—Rita Charon, founder of the Program in Narrative Medicine, Columbia University Medical Center“Priscilla Wald stunningly demonstrates how epidemics are forms of cultural autobiography, telescoping stories of outbreak and contagion that are reflected in our myths, symbols, archetypes, and social networks. Beautifully written and passionately argued, Contagious is required reading for those interested in learning how our diseases shape the ways we think about ourselves and our relationships and how our desires to be close to other people overlap with our anxieties about being infected by them.”—Jonathan Michel Metzl, author of Prozac on the Couch: Prescribing Gender in the Era of Wonder Drugs“Rippling across the span of the twentieth century, Priscilla Wald’s book traces the trajectories of ‘outbreak narratives,’ stories about the spread and conquest of contagious diseases. With beautifully crafted prose, Wald shows how the scientific and fictional, social and microbial intermingle as outbreak narratives confront an essential paradox, that human connectedness both imperils and saves us. Contagious is essential reading for science studies, for the field of literature and medicine, and indeed for anyone interested in the social, discursive, and cultural implications of epidemiology.”—N. Katherine Hayles, University of California, Los Angeles“Contagious is an informative, enjoyable, and well-researched interdisciplinary work that bridges literary analysis with medical history and goes a long way in explaining our fascination with outbreak narratives. The numerous popular narratives in television and film act as more than examples; they are important ways in which the outbreak narrative establishes a cultural foothold in popular imagination.” -- Shayne Pepper * Journal of Popular Culture *“[S]uperb. . . . A model of impressive broadbased interdisciplinary research that draws on popular culture (the novel, film, science journalism, and hygiene manuals), sociology and information theory, bacteriology and virology, and the history of public health, Wald’s book traces with great clarity the complex cultural logic of what she calls the “outbreak narrative” across the long twentieth century.” -- Kathleen Woodward * MLQ *“Wald has made a substantial contribution in terms of uniting theoretical insights from such fields as mythology, literature, and film studies, and applying them to the history of infectious disease epidemiology. In doing so, she makes a strong case for the importance of both the cultural critic and of interdisciplinary thinking in the preparation for future outbreaks of global disease.” -- Richard McKay * Medical History *“Wald is at her best when probing the literary and historical roots of today’s conventions, homing in on particular moments in the past. She is superb, for instance, in recalling how an immigrant Irish cook named Mary Mallon was deemed a typhoid carrier, recast as the notorious Typhoid Mary, and banished to an island off the Bronx.” -- Amanda Schaffer * Bookforum *“Wald powerfully shows not only that narrative is, in effect, the essence of epidemiology, but also that all people in every aspect of their lives make sense of the world through unarticulated structures of narrative. Articulating them, as she has done, shines a bright light outward on a scary world of shadowy threats and inward on ourselves.” -- David S. Barnes * Journal of American History *"Wald describes how the circulation of ideas and attitudes about contagious diseases led people to form social groups and eventually social cultures. Her book is filled with an exceptionally thorough review of varied pieces of information from journalism and films, as well as from real-life scientific events, that will help readers glean perspectives of how disease and outbreak narratives can shape the way people think about their societies and how they relate to others in the face of danger and infection risks. . . . In our interconnected and borderless world, outbreak narratives can endanger or save us." -- Suok Kai Chew * New England Journal of Medicine *Table of ContentsAcknowledgments ix Introduction 1 1. Imagined Immunities: The Epidemiology of Belonging 29 2. The Healthy Carrier: "Typhoid Mary" and Social Being 68 3. Communicable Americanism: Social Contagion and Urban Spaces 114 4. Viral Cultures: Microbes and Politics in the Cold War 157 5. "The Columbus of AIDS": The Invention of "Patient Zero" 213 Epilogue 264 Notes 271 Works Cited 323 Index 353

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Book SynopsisThe story of the global response to the HIV epidemic, told from the perspective of community organizers, activists, and people living with HIV in West Africa between 1994 and 2000.Trade Review“Neither activist, nor politician, nor patient, nor pharmaceutical provider, Nguyen brings a more objective perspective to the AIDS crisis, even as he gives a first- hand account and conveys his close relationships with HIV-positive patients. A telling and provocative study of AIDS treatment in Africa, The Republic of Therapy offers no prospective solutions, but highlights the complexities and power dynamics inherent in the process of intervention.” - Sarah Fletcher, Montreal Review of Books“[A] book that can and will be read by audiences far beyond the domain of medical anthropology. The resultant volume captures the evanescent history of a slowly developing crisis within the rapidly changing landscape of postcolonial health in sub-Saharan Africa. In this unsparing and clear-eyed account, Nguyen admirably sets forth the difficult but necessary task for contemporary social scientists in the critique of global health practices.” - Jeremy A. Greene, Journal of the History of Medicine and Allied Sciences“[P]ath-breaking. . . . Nguyen’s strengths as an ethnographer are his capacity to move among different organizations and institutions, his sensitivity to the roles he plays in these contexts, and his long-term engagement with local activists and other informants, and he parries these strengths into a nuanced account of the urban politics of triage and HIV in West Africa.” - Betsey Brada, Somatosphere“This work is notable not only for the quality of its craft but also the degree to which it lends a personal face to political and economic crisis.... Written in lucid, largely understated prose and drawing on the author’s long experience as both physician and anthropologist, the result is sure to provoke discussion and reaction well beyond the discipline.” - Peter Redfield, American Anthropologist“The activist, physician, and anthropologist Vinh-Kim Nguyen has written an engaged, rigorous, and compelling account of the years when, in West Africa, AIDS treatment started to become available and persons living with HIV began to organize. With insight and sympathy, he explores how new political forms were thus invented in Côte d’Ivoire and Burkina Faso, combining therapeutic sovereignty and health democracy, triage of patients and empowerment of communities, confessions and accusations.”—Didier Fassin, author of When Bodies Remember: Experiences and Politics of AIDS in South Africa“[A] book that can and will be read by audiences far beyond the domain of medical anthropology. The resultant volume captures the evanescent history of a slowly developing crisis within the rapidly changing landscape of postcolonial health in sub-Saharan Africa. In this unsparing and clear-eyed account, Nguyen admirably sets forth the difficult but necessary task for contemporary social scientists in the critique of global health practices.” -- Jeremy A. Greene * Journal of the History of Medicine and Allied Sciences *“[P]ath-breaking. . . . Nguyen’s strengths as an ethnographer are his capacity to move among different organizations and institutions, his sensitivity to the roles he plays in these contexts, and his long-term engagement with local activists and other informants, and he parries these strengths into a nuanced account of the urban politics of triage and HIV in West Africa.” -- Betsey Brada * Somatosphere *“Neither activist, nor politician, nor patient, nor pharmaceutical provider, Nguyen brings a more objective perspective to the AIDS crisis, even as he gives a first- hand account and conveys his close relationships with HIV-positive patients. A telling and provocative study of AIDS treatment in Africa, The Republic of Therapy offers no prospective solutions, but highlights the complexities and power dynamics inherent in the process of intervention.” -- Sarah Fletcher * Montreal Review of Books *“This work is notable not only for the quality of its craft but also the degree to which it lends a personal face to political and economic crisis.... Written in lucid, largely understated prose and drawing on the author’s long experience as both physician and anthropologist, the result is sure to provoke discussion and reaction well beyond the discipline.” -- Peter Redfield * American Anthropologist *Table of ContentsAcknowledgments ix Introduction: Côte-d'Ivoire and Triage in the Time of AIDS 1 1. Testimonials That Bind: Organizing Communities with HIV 15 2. Confessional Technologies: Conjuring the Self 35 3. Soldiers of God: Together and Apart 61 4. Life Itself: Triage and Therapeutic Citizenship 89 5. Biopower: Fevers, Tribes, and Bulldozers 111 6. The Crisis: Economies, Warriors, and the Erosion of Sovereignty 137 7. Uses and Pleasures: The Republic Inside Out 157 Conclusion: Who Lives? Who Dies? 175 Notes 189 References 205 Index 229

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Book SynopsisDuring the first decade of this millennium, many thousands of people in Uganda who otherwise would have died from AIDS got second chances at life. The essays in Second Chances draw on personal accounts and a broad knowledge of Ugandan culture and history to explore antiretroviral therapy from the perspective of those people.Trade Review“The stories are compelling, and the analytical chapters do a good job connecting contemporary developments with the existing anthropology of HIV/AIDS…. Recommended.” -- M. M. Heaton * Choice *“Second Chances is recommended reading for anyone interested in the experiences of people with HIV/AIDS in sub-Saharan Africa. This is also a good book for anyone who is thinking about health systems. One of Whyte’s points that I found particularly important is that people do not simply access treatment, but achieve it.” -- Anita Chary * Global Health Hub *“This is a unique study because it focuses on individuals and how disease and health care affects them. It provides a glimpse at a culture that is rarely covered, as well. Academic libraries supporting social sciences and health sciences programs will want to add this fascinating look at HIV/AIDS from a singular perspective to their collections." -- Barbara Bibel * Library Journal *“Readers familiar with the work of Susan Reynolds Whyte and her colleagues will not be disappointed in this compelling book. In the end, the lesson of Second Chances is that reliance on ‘contingent sociality’ means that not everyone who needs ARTs can get them. The chance for a second chance, therefore, is inherently fragile and unequal. Reynolds Whyte and colleagues offer no solutions, but the moving stories of survival and striving for both a living and a life remind us of the work that remains” -- Janet W. McGrath * Medical Anthropology Quarterly *"Second Chances is an excellent source of health narratives about negotiating HIV status in Uganda. Second Chances will naturally interest anthropologists of East Africa, HIV and biosociality." -- Jason Johnson Peretz * Somatosphere *"Second Chances offers a rigorous and vivid look at the first generation of Ugandans with AIDS to have relatively wide access to antiretroviral therapy . . . . The book is a compelling chronicle of the terms of this 'life sentence'." -- Tyler Zoanni * Social Anthropology *Table of ContentsPolygraphy vii Introduction. The First Generation 1 Case I. Robinah and Joyce: The Connecting Sisters 25 1. Connections 34 Case II. Saddam: Treatment Programs 47 2. Clientship 56 Case III. Suzan: The Necessity of Travel 71 3. Mobility 80 Case IV. MamaGirl & MamaBoy: Family Matters 95 4. Families 104 Case V. Alice: Keeping a Good Man 119 5. Partners 128 Case VI. Jackie: Children without Grandparents 143 6. Children 152 Case VII. John: Working Contingencies 167 7. Work 176 Case VIII. Hassan: Soft Food and Town Life 191 8. Food 200 Case IX. Jolly: Appearances and Numbers 215 9. Bodies 223 Case X. Rachel: Buckets of Medicine 237 10. Medicine 245 Case XI. Dominic: A Multitude of Adversities 259 11. Life 268 Acknowledgments 285 Bibliography 287 Contributors 299 Index 301

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Book SynopsisThis text examines the ways in which people of the Red River Delta make sense of their bodies, illness and medicine. It takes an interdisciplinary approach to its subject, weaving together history, ethnography, cultural geography and survey materials to provide an account of local practices.

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Book SynopsisDespite its enormous toll on human health, tobacco has been largely neglected by anthropologists. Drinking Smoke combines an exhaustive search of historical materials on the introduction and spread of tobacco in the Pacific with extensive anthropological accounts of the ways Islanders have incorporated this substance into their lives.

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Book SynopsisIn this groundbreaking work, Susan L. Burns examines the history of leprosy in Japan from medieval times until the present. At the centre of Kingdom of the Sick is the rise of Japan's system of national leprosy sanitaria, which today continue to house more than 1,500 former patients, many of whom have spent five or more decades within them.

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Book SynopsisHIV/AIDS is much too complex a phenomenon to be understood only by reference to common sense and ethical codes. This book presents the costâbenefit analysis (CBA) framework in a well-researched and accessible manner to ensure that the most important considerations are recognized and incorporated.Trade Review‘Professor Brent’s book is a superlative addition to the HIV/AIDS policy literature. Both non-specialists and specialists in policy evaluation will benefit from the lucid exposition of cost–benefit analysis (CBA) methods applied to the most critical and far-reaching problem that challenges social institutions and individual behavior. Essentially, Professor Brent has taken his vast experience in cost–benefit analysis, and on the ground African research, to apply CBA in a compelling and insightful manner. This book re-examines HIV/AIDS policy in Sub-Saharan countries where the devastation is an infection tsunami. . . Finding what actually works may be difficult, but Professor Brent argues persuasively that using a CBA framework is the best approach.’ -- William S. Cartwright, George Mason University, USTable of ContentsContents: Preface PART I: WHY COST–BENEFIT ANALYSIS IS NEEDED TO SET HIV/AIDS PRIORITIES 1. Introduction to the Book 2. Why Not Just Simply do What is Right and Try to Save Lives? 3. Myths and Misinformation 4. Counterintuitive Results 5. What is Wrong with Setting any Targets? 6. What is Wrong with Setting the Particular MDG Targets? 7. Cost–Benefit Analysis 101 8. Cost–Benefit Analysis 201 PART II: HIV/AIDS AS A HUNGER AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ISSUE 9. Introduction to Part II 10. HIV and Hunger 11. Nutrition and HIV at the Individual Level 12. Nutrition and HIV at the Country Level 13. Income as a Factor Raising HIV Rates 14. Education as a Factor Raising HIV Rates 15. Islam as a Factor Lowering HIV Rates 16. Impact of HIV on Agricultural Households 17. Agricultural Policy and HIV Interventions 18. Sex and HIV I: The Role of Transmission 19. Sex and HIV II: The Role of Concurrency 20. Sex and HIV III: The Role of Networks PART III: COST–BENEFIT METHODS AND APPLICATIONS 21. Introduction to Part III 22. Threshold Analysis Theory 23. Threshold Analysis Practice: The Effectiveness of HIV Education 24. Threshold Analysis Practice: The Benefits of Avoiding HIV 25. Threshold Analysis Practice: The Costs of a Possible HIV/AIDS Vaccine 26. Willingness to Pay Theory 27. Willingness to Pay Practice: The Benefits of Condoms 28. Cost Minimization Theory 29. Cost Minimization Practice: The Costs of Treating TB 30. Cost-Effectiveness Theory 31. Cost-Effectiveness Practice: The Benefits of ARVs 32. Human Capital Theory 33. Human Capital Practice: The Benefits of Female Primary Education 34. Value of a Statistical Life Theory 35. Value of a Statistical Life Practice: The Benefits of VCT PART IV: SOCIAL CONSIDERATIONS IN CBA 36. Introduction to IV 37. Commodification: Everything is Seen as a Commodity to be Bought and Sold 38. What is So “Social” About CBA? Fundamentals of CBA 39. Social and Private Perspectives in CBA 40. CBA and Equity I: Allowing for Ability to Pay 41. CBA and Equity II: Allocating by Time and Other Non-Price Methods 42. Conclusions I: How Not to Set Priorities for HIV 43. Conclusions II: Using CBA to Set Priorities for HIV References Index

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Book SynopsisBased on the interviews with eighty people who have epilepsy, this book presents an account of what it is like to cope with a chronic illness, while working, playing, and building relationships. It recounts how people discover they have epilepsy and what it means and how families respond to someone labeled 'epileptic'.Trade Review"Well written and fascinating to read. This fine book takes a large step in...contributing to the only slowly dawning awareness of the general public, and the health workers too, of the significance of chronic illness." --Anselm Strauss, University of California, San Francisco "For anyone who would like to 'get inside' the experience of having epilepsy, this book is probably as close as one can come." --Epilepsia "In dispelling the notion that 'the person is the illness,' these interviews with 80 individuals reveal that those suffering from epilepsy have learned to accept it as merely another facet of their lives. A valuable contribution for those with epilepsy, for their family and friends, for medical personnel, and for the general public." --Booklist "...carefully outlined and clearly written... Those affected by chronic conditions may find the book most helpful... Family and helping professionals may discover new insights... Social scientists, especially those interested in chronic illnesses, will benefit from the research conclusions and suggestions for further research." --Medical Anthropology Quarterly "It represents an important advance in the medical sociology literature as well as a contribution to qualitative sociology. I think that the book should become a contemporary classic in medical sociology." --Qualitative Sociology "...an important contribution... In focusing on what it is like to have epilepsy in this society, Schneider and Conrad have reversed an earlier concern for the medicalization of deviance, opting in this work for an understanding of the stigmatization of illness." --Contemporary Sociology

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Book SynopsisJennifer's life is falling apart and she escapes into booze, cocaine, and junk food. When they're not numbing enough, she slits a vein and tries to die but that doesn't work either. She has to try something else. A remarkable story about addiction recovery. In Ojibwe and English.

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Book SynopsisTrade Review‘The book offers a fascinating paradigm to reflect upon dementia interventions, promising to widen the lens of interested governments, public health and policy makers, as well as clinicians alike. By interlinking concepts of protecting human rights, preventing elder abuse, caring for persons living with dementia, all contributing to improving global health and economy, this book offers a solid rationale for an international United Nations convention on the human rights for older persons.’ -- Kiran Rabheru, University of Ottawa, Canada‘Robert Brent’s Cost-Benefit Analysis and Dementia provides a comprehensive and accessible examination of how economic tools can assist in making interventions for dementia more effective. Using state-of-the-art economic methods, Brent examines a broad range of efforts ranging from the role of Medicare eligibility to the importance of vision correction and hearing aids. Despite the rigorous attention to the costs and benefits of alternative policies, the book does not lose sight of concerns such as advocacy of broader protections for the human rights of those with dementia.’ -- W. Kip Viscusi, Vanderbilt Law School, USTable of ContentsContents: Preface PART I INTRODUCTION 1. Introduction to dementia, Cost-Benefit Analysis, and the new interventions 2. Measuring dementia symptoms PART II THE COST-BENEFIT ANALYSES 3. Years of education 4. Medicare eligibility 5. Hearing aids 6. Vision correction 7. Avoiding nursing homes PART III PUBLIC POLICY IMPLICATIONS OF DEMENTIA INTERVENTIONS 8. Elder abuse 9. Human rights Index

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Book SynopsisHealth and welfare are often analysed separately. This book combines understanding about health and health systems with analysis of the pathways welfare states have to promote improvements in quality of life and reduce pressure on the health care sector.

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Book SynopsisProvides fresh perspectives on the past, present and future-facing contributions of the anthropology of reproduction. A Companion to the Anthropology of Reproductive Medicine and Technology provides a timely and comprehensive overview of the anthropological study of reproductive practices, technologies, and interventions in a global context. Exploring the medical and technological management of human reproduction through a sociocultural lens, this groundbreaking volume reviews past and current research, discusses contemporary debates and recent theoretical developments, introduces key themes and trends, examines ongoing issues of equity, inclusivity, and reproductive justice around the world, and more. The Companion brings together essays by multidisciplinary scholars in fields including sociocultural anthropology, medical anthropology, reproductive health, global public health, Science and Technology Studies (STS), gender and sexuality studies, critical race studies, and environmental studies, to list but a few. Five thematically organized sections address reproductive practitioners and paradigms, global reproductive health and interventions, reproductive justice, the life-course approach to the study of reproductive health, and the future of reproductive technology and medicine. Using clear, jargon-free language, the authors investigate pregnancy and childbirth; fertility treatments; birth control, contraception and abortion; COVID-19 and reproduction; reproductive cancers; epigenetics; social discrimination; gender and sexualities and reproduction for LGBTQIA+ communities; race and reproduction; migration and reproduction; reproduction and war; reproductive health financing; reproduction and disabilities, reproduction and the environment; and other important contemporary topics. A cutting-edge guide to the modern study of reproduction, this groundbreaking volume: Provides an overview of the links between anthropological study and progressive work in medicine, healthcare, and technologyAddresses both the challenges and opportunities facing researchers in the fieldIdentifies gaps in current scholarship and offers recommendations for future research topics and methodologiesHighlights the importance of ethnographic research combined with critical engagements with other disciplines for the anthropology of reproductionExplores the impact of socioeconomic conditions, environmental challenges, public policy, and legislation on reproductive health outcomesTraces the history of the field and demonstrates how anthropologists have engaged with issues of reproductive justicePart of the acclaimed Wiley Blackwell Companions to Anthropology series, A Companion to the Anthropology of Reproductive Medicine and Technology is an essential resource for undergraduate and graduate students, researchers, and scholars in medical anthropology, science technology and society, cultural anthropology, ethnology, and gender studies, as well as medical practitioners, policymakers, and activists involved in global and public health and reproductive justice.Table of ContentsNotes on Editors x Notes on Contributors xi Acknowledgments xxii INTRODUCTION Tracing the Arc: The Anthropology of Reproductive Medicine and Technology 1Cecilia Coale Van Hollen and Nayantara Sheoran Appleton SECTION I Reproductive Practitioners and Paradigms 39 1 Into Doctors' Hands: Obstetric Praxis in Anthropology 41Vania Smith-Oka and Simona Spiegel 2 Obstetrics and Midwifery in the United States: The Tensions between the Technocratic and Midwifery Models of Maternity Care 56Robbie Davis-Floyd 3 The Promise of Interculturalidad: Contestations of Culture for Indigenous Birth Care 70Lucía Guerra-Reyes 4 On the Move: Maternal Reproductive Healthcare Practitioners in Global Circuits 87Hatice Nilay Erten and Claire Wendland 5 COVID-19 and Reproductive Health: Maternity Care in Disruptive Times 103Kim Gutschow SECTION II Global Reproductive Health Interventions 119 6 The Global Safe Motherhood Initiative's "Unintended Consequences" 121Emma Varley and Elsabé du Plessis 7 Counted: Understanding the Problem, Perception, and Reaction to Global Maternal Mortality 138Vanessa M. Hildebrand 8 The Future of Reproductive Health Financing 153Susan Erikson and Iveoma Udevi-Aruevoru 9 Reproduction and the Immigrant Experience 168Carolyn Sargent, Carla Urrutia, and Laurence Kotobi 10 Reproduction in the Time of War: A Review of Ethnographic Studies from the United States' War on Terror and Beyond 185Andrea Mazzarino SECTION III Reproductive Justice: Extending and Rupturing Old Boundaries 201 11 Anthropologies of Men, Masculinities, and Reproduction 203Emily Wentzell, Maral Erol, and Salih Can Aciksöz 12 Queer Reproductive Futures 219Nessette Falu and Christa Craven 13 Inconceivable: Cisnormativity and the Management of Trans and Intersex Reproduction 234Mel Lynwood Ferrara 14 Race, Racism, and Reproductive Justice 250Ugo Edu 15 Toward Environmental Reproductive Justice 266Katharine Dow and Julieta Chaparro-Buitrago 16 Cripping Reproduction: The Intersections of Pregnancy and Disability 282Faye Ginsburg and Rayna Rapp SECTION IV Reproductive Life Course: Mapping More than Just Birth 299 17 Menstrual Materiality: Anthropological Mappings from Menstrual Taboos to the FemCare Industry 301Malissa Kay Shaw 18 The Substance of Sperm 317Ayo Wahlberg 19 Hormonal Contraception: From Demographic Histories to Pleasurable Futures? 332Nayantara Sheoran Appleton 20 Anthropology of Abortion 349Maya Unnithan, Silvia De Zordo, Astrid Blystad, and Karen Marie Moland 21 Vaccines, Reproduction, and the Life Course 365Ben Kasstan 22 Anthropological Explorations of Women's Reproductive Cancers 381Linda Rae Bennett and Lenore Manderson SECTION V (Re)Producing the Future: Sociality of Reproductive Technology and Medicine 397 23 What's New about New Reproductive Technologies? 399Sarah Franklin 24 Conceptualizing Surrogacy 415Anindita Majumdar 25 The Egg Freezing Trifecta: Medical, Elective, and Transgender Fertility Preservation 429Marcia C. Inhorn, Daphna Birenbaum-Carmeli, and Pasquale Patrizio 26 CRISPR Enters the Fertility Clinic 444Eben Kirksey 27 Epigenetics and the Anthropology of Reproduction 458Fiona C. Ross, Michelle Pentecost, and Tessa Moll 28 Reproductive Futures 473Andrea Whittaker CONCLUSION Aab Kahan?: Whither the Anthropology of Reproduction? 488Nayantara Sheoran Appleton and Cecilia Coale Van Hollen AFTERWORD Reproducing on an Impaired Planet 502Aditya Bharadwaj Index 507

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Book SynopsisNew in the Wiley Series in Forensic Clinical Psychology, Alcohol-Related Violence: Prevention and Treatment presents an authoritative collection of the most recent assessment and treatment strategies for alcohol-related aggression and violence. Contributors include leading international academics and practitioners.Trade Review“This can be found in the autobiographies of many reformed characters from the field. The perspectives in this collection do, however, provide progressive insights into a pragmatic way forward for those battling away in their professional lives against the harm involved in alcohol-related violence.” (The Howard Journal of Criminal Justice, 5 June 2014) “This is a useful and instructive book, with all the information laid out in an accessible way. Its practical and versatile nature means it will ‘hit the spot’ for a diverse range of readers – policymakers, health and social-care commissioners, researchers and students of alcohol studies, and practitioners in this field, especially those working with offenders in prison and elsewhere within the criminal justice system.” (DrugLink, 1 July 2013) “The book’s key strength is in the breadth of approaches presented, and it represents a strong step towards a more integrated approach to studying and reducing alcohol-related violence." (Addiction, 4 June 2013) Table of ContentsAbout the Editor vii Contributors ix Foreword xi Series Editors’ Preface xv PART I THE EXTENT OF THE PROBLEM 1 1 The Problem of Alcohol-Related Violence: An Epidemiological and Public Health Perspective 3 Ingeborg Rossow and Elin K. Bye 2 Alcohol-Related Violence: An International Perspective 19 Fernanda Cestaro Prado Cortez and Danilo Antonio Baltieri PART II UNDERSTANDING THE PROBLEM 35 3 Alcohol and Aggression: Theories and Mechanisms 37 Peter R. Giancola 4 Alcohol and Violence in Evolutionary Perspective 61 Russil Durrant 5 Alcohol and Violence in Developmental Perspective 81 Rick Howard and Mary McMurran PART III PREVENTION 103 6 Alcohol-Related Violence as Alcohol-Related Crime: Policing, Policy and the Law 105 Gavin Dingwall 7 Barroom Approaches to Prevention 125 Alasdair J.M. Forsyth PART IV TREATMENT 151 8 Interventions with Children and Families 153 Donald Forrester and Georgia Glynn 9 Treatments for Offenders of Intimate Partner Violence 171 Caroline J. Easton 10 Alcohol Arrest Referral 187 Katie McCracken and Franco Sassi 11 Treatments for Offenders in Prison and the Community 205 Mary McMurran 12 Treatment for Alcohol-Related Sexual Violence 227 Ruth E. Mann and Mark Farmer 13 Treatments for Offenders with Dual Diagnosis 249 Amy Cohn and Kim T. Mueser 14 Alcohol Use and Offending in People with Intellectual Disability 285 William R. Lindsay, Samantha Tinsley and Medhat Emara 15 Treatments for Alcohol-Related Impaired Driving 303 Thomas G. Brown and Marie Claude Ouimet PART V CONCLUSION 335 16 Alcohol-Related Violence: An Endnote 337 Mary McMurran Index 341

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Book SynopsisThis book is a comprehensive exploration of the relationship between the social sciences and the appearance and growth of bioethics, and provides new analysis on how ordinary questions become bioethical questions.Trade Review?The diversity of papers in the collection reflect the multiplicity of ways through which social scientists can engage with (bio)ethics and provide a valuable resource for those new to the area.? (Medical Sociology , April 2009)Table of Contents1. Social Science and Bioethics: The Way Forward: Raymond de Vries, Leigh Turner, Kristina Orfali and Charles Bosk. 2. Co-ordinating ‘Ethical’ Clinical Trials: The Role of Research Coordinators in the Contract Research Industry: Jill A. Fisher. 3. The Many Meanings of Care in Clinical Research: Michele M. Easter, Gail E. Henderson, Arlene M. Davis, Larry R. Churchill and Nancy M. P. King. 4. The Field Worker’s Fields: Ethics, Ethnography and Medical Sociology: Renée R. Anspach and Nissim Mizrachi. 5. Ethical Boundary-Work in the Embryonic Stem Cell Laboratory: Steven P. Wainwright, Clare Williams, Mike Michael, Bobbie Farsides and Alan Cribb. 6. Gift Not Commodity? Lay People Deliberating Social Sex Selection: Jackie Leach Scully, Tom Shakespeare and Sarah Banks. 7. It’s Money That Matters: The Financial Context of Ethical Decision-Making in Modern Biomedicine: Adam M. Hedgecoe. 8. The Power of Ethics: A Case Study from Sweden on the Social Life of Moral Concerns in Policy Processes: Klaus Hoeyer. 9. Explaining the Emergence of Euthanasia Law in the Netherlands: How the Sociology of Law Can Help the Sociology of Bioethics: Heleen Weyers. 10. From Biopolitics to Bioethics: Church, State, Medicine and Assisted Reproductive Technology in Ireland: Orla McDonnell and Jill Allison. 11. Taking Sociology Seriously: A New Approach to the Bioethical Problems of Infectious Disease: Mark Tausig, Michael J. Selgelid, Sree Subedi and Janardan Subedi. 12. Biobanks, Bioethics and Concepts of Donated Blood in the UK: Helen Busby. 13. Embodiment and Ethics: Constructing Medicine’s Two Bodies: David Armstrong.

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Book SynopsisHarm Reduction is a philosophy of public health intended as a progressive alternative to the prohibition of certain potentially dangerous lifestyle choices. Recognising that certain people always have and always will engage in behaviours which carry risks, the aim of harm reduction is to mitigate the potential dangers and health risks associated with those behaviours. Harm Reduction in Substance Use and High-Risk Behaviour offers a comprehensive exploration of the policy, practice and evidence base of harm reduction. Starting with a history of harm reduction, the book addresses key ethical and legal issues central to the debates and developments in the field. It discusses the full range of psychoactive substances, behaviours and communities with chapters on injecting, dance drugs, stimulant use, tobacco harm reduction, alcohol use and sex work. Written by an international team of contributors, this text provides an essential panorama of harm reduction in the 21Trade Review“Overall this book is a very good read for those interested in addiction issues and could be used as an excellent reference book for future policy making in harm reduction.” (Irish Journal of Psychological Medicine, 1 October 2013) Taken overall in the context of its strengths and shortcomings, and as one of the few textbooks of its kind, it is a welcome resource for the field of harm reduction. We would recommend this book to those unfamiliar with the discipline, particularly individuals entering academia and those interested in advocacy and policy. Many sections can be read as stand-alone pieces, to help the reader develop an understanding of fundamental concepts before delving further into research. It is especially valuable if one is interested in harm reduction with respect to the UK contex.” (Drug & Alcohol Review, 15 September 2013) Table of ContentsForeword ix List of Figures and Tables xi List of Contributors xii Section I: Background 1 1 Introduction 3Diane Riley and Richard Pates 2 A Brief History of Harm Reduction 5Diane Riley, Richard Pates, Geoffrey Monaghan and Patrick O’Hare 3 Drug Education or Drug Propaganda? 17Julian Cohen Section II: Policy 31 4 Harm Reduction and International Law: Drug Control vs. Human Rights 33Richard Elliott 5 A Brief, Personal History of Harm Reduction Advocacy 49Dave Burrows 6 Harm Reduction and the Role of Police Services 59Geoffrey Monaghan 7 Harm Reduction in Prisons and Other Places of Detention 77Ralf Jurgens 8 International Security and the Global War on Drugs: The Tragic Irony of Drug Securitisation 101Danny Kushlick 9 The Ethics of Harm Reduction 111Adrian Carter, Peter G. Miller and Wayne Hall 10 Harm Reduction: Contribution to a Critical Appraisal from the Perspective of People Who Use Drugs 124Eliot Ross Albert Section III: Specific Interventions 133 11 Injecting 135Richard Pates, Robert Heimer and Danny Morris 12 Recovery and Harm Reduction: Time for a Shared, Development-Oriented, Programmatic Approach? 155Neil Hunt 13 Harm Reduction for Stimulants 171Diane Riley and Richard Pates 14 Ecstasy and Related Drugs (ERDs) and Harm Reduction 184Paul Dillon, Professor Jan Copeland and Edmund Silins 15 Alcohol: Harm Reduction 196Tina Alwyn and Bev John 16 Tobacco Harm Reduction 213Jonathan Foulds and Steven Branstetter 17 Drugs and Harm Reduction: Cannabis and the Cannabinoids 229Stefan Brugger, Laurence J. Reed, James Stone and David J. Nutt 18 The Resurrection of Psychedelic Research 246Amanda Fielding 19 Harm Reduction and Sex Workers: A New Zealand Response: Taking the Harm Out of the Law 252Catherine Healy, Calum Bennachie and Raewyn Marshall 20 Harm Minimisation: Gambling 263Sally Gainsbury and Alex Blaszczynski 21 Young People and Harm Reduction in the UK: A Community Perspective 279Mags Maher 22 Making Tools for Harm Reduction: The Story of Exchange Supplies 289Jon Derricott Section IV: Regions 299 23 Harm Reduction in Central and Eastern Europe 301Tomas Zabransky, Jean Paul Grund, Alisher Latypov, David Otiashvili, Raminta Stuikyte, Otilia Scutelniciuc and Pavlo Smyrnov 24 Harm Reduction in Western Europe 322Richard Pates 25 Harm Reduction in Russia, South West and Central Asia 335Tomas Zabransky, Alisher Latypov, Ivan Varentsov, David Otiashvili and Jean Paul Grund 26 Harm Reduction in South, South East and East Asia 354Jimmy Dorabjee 27 History and Context of Harm Reduction in the United States 370Lisa Moore and Allan Clear 28 Harm Reduction in Canada: The Many Faces of Regression 382Walter Cavalierri and Diane Riley 29 Harm Reduction in Latin America and the Caribbean 395Diana Rossi 30 Policy and Practice in Harm Reduction in Australasia 405Alex Wodak, John Ryan, Patrick Griffiths, Ingrid van Beek, Monica J. Barratt, Simon Lenton, Kate Dolan, Ana Rodas, Geoffrey Noller and Michael Farrell 31 Harm Reduction in Sub-Saharan Africa 425Bruce Trathen, Charles D.H. Parry and Neo K. Morojele 32 Overview of the Harm Reduction Situation in the Middle East and North Africa 444Jallal Toufiq Section V: Conclusions 455 33 Conclusions 457Richard Pates and Diane Riley Index 461

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Book SynopsisThe debate on the status and legality of cannabis continues to gain momentum. Here, personal anecdotes combined with academic and scientific reports combine to sharpen some of the fascinating philosophical issues associated with cannabis use. A frank, professionally informed and playful discussion of cannabis usage in relation to philosophical inquiry Considers the meaning of a high', the morality of smoking marijuana for pleasure, the slippery slope to more dangerous drugs, and the human drive to alter our consciousness Not only incorporates contributions from philosophers, psychologists, sociologists or legal, pharmacological, and medical experts, but also non-academics associated with the cultivation, distribution, and sale of cannabis Brings together an international team of writers from the United States, Canada, UK, Finland, Switzerland, South Africa, and New Zealand Trade Review"Many interesting dimensions of cannabis research are reflected in this book, which is written in an intelligent and entertaining style." (About.com, 11 September 2011) "Cannabis: Philosophy for Everyone- What Were We Just Talking About? Provides a refreshing collection of essays- from both sides of the fence- on the many philosophical facets of pot ingestion...HIGH TIMES associate publisher Rick Cusick writes in the foreword: "While I personally believe that legalizing cannabis would encourage a more civilized society, I also recognize that reasonable people can disagree. That is why this book is so timely and important. There are overblown claims on both sides of the equation and we need to have the more disciplined discourse that philosophy provides." (HIGH TIMES, February 2011)"Their newest release Cannabis-Philosophy for Everyone aims to bridge the world of academia, as it relates to cannabis, with the interests and concerns of those on the outside. Contributors include international scholars in the fields of philosophy, psychology, sociology, law, pharmacology, psychotherapy, and medicine as well as non-academics associated with the cultivation, distribution, and sale of cannabis. For those looking for a thought-provoking, heady read, find out more about this book at www.wiley.com." (Nug Magazine, November 2010)"The book is both high- and low-brow and is sure to please undergrads searching for epiphanies while hanging out in hazy basements." (The Washington Post, November 2010) "It's a serious read that should be on your bookshelf. We are going to say, especially if you are a cannabis industry / business owner; this book will help you to understand your product and the people that love it so that you can apply what you've learned in "philosophy class" to the real world in a way that will boost your brand.." (Hempista, 24 October 2010)Table of ContentsForeword xiiRichard Cusick Preface xvDale Jacquette Introduction: What is Cannabis and How Can We Get Some? 1Dale Jacquette Part I Cannabis Phenomenology 19 1 A Cannabis Odyssey 21Lester Grinspoon 2 Seeing Snakes: On Delusion, Knowledge, and the Drug Experience 35G. T. Roche 3 The Cannabis Experience: An Analysis of “Flow” 50Andrew D. Hathaway and Justin Sharpley Part II Marijuana and Spiritual Enlightenment 63 4 Buzz, High, and Stoned: Metaphor, Meaning, and the Cannabis Experience 65Michael Montagne 5 The Great Escape 77Charles Taliaferro and Michel Le Gall 6 Cannabis and the Human Condition: “Something of the Kind is Indispensable” 90Brian R. Clack Part III Creatively High 101 7 Hallucinatory Terror: The World of the Hashish Eater 103Tommi Kakko 8 Marijuana and Creativity 114Ryan E. Holt and James C. Kaufman 9 Navigating Creative Inner Space on the Innocent Pleasures of Hashish 121Dale Jacquette Part IV Psycho-Sociological Dimensions of Cannabis Culture 137 10 Cannabis and the Culture of Alienation 139Mark Thorsby 11 Reefer Madness: Cannabis, the Individual, and Public Policy 149Tuomas E. Tahko 12 Soft vs. Hard: Why Drugs are Not Like Eggs 162Brian Penrose Part V Cannabis Ethics and Politics 173 13 “Smoking Pot Doesn’t Hurt Anyone But Me!” Why Adults Should be Allowed to Consume Cannabis 175Jack Green Musselman, Russ Frohardt, and D. G. Lynch 14 Pot Politics: Prohibition and Morality 192Mitch Earleywine 15 Cannabis and the Good Life: Needs, Capabilities, and Human Flourishing 214Theodore Schick, Jr. 16 Weakness of Will: The Cannabis Connection 226Michael Funke Notes on Contributors 236

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Book SynopsisThis book is a vital teaching tool and a comprehensive reference for social science and medical professionals.Trade ReviewThis book will be of interest to everyone with an interest in diversity issues and the effects of inequality on child development, and all those who value and treasure the NHS. -- Margaret Arthur Nursing Standard This very fundamental book about health disparities in the United States gives an up to date and comprehensive summary of the current knowledge about this important health topic. It offers potential policy--and physician--based solutions for reducing social inequalities in health in the long run. -- Uwe Helmert SocialnetTable of Contents1. Introduction to the Social Roots of Health Disparities2. What Is "Health"? How Should We Define It? How Should We Measure It?3. The Relationship between Socioeconomic Status and Health, or, "They Call It 'Poor Health' for a Reason"4. Understanding How Low Social Status Leads to Poor Health5. Race, Ethnicity, and Health6. Race/Ethnicity, Socioeconomic Status, and Health: Which Is More Important in Affecting Health Status?7. Children's Health Disparities8. All Things Being Equal, Does Race/Ethnicity Affect How Physicians Treat Patients?9. Why Does Race/Ethnicity Affect the Way Physicians Treat Patients?10. When, if Ever, Is It Appropriate to Use a Patient's Race/Ethnicity to Guide Medical Decisions?11. What Should We Do to Reduce Health Disparities?

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Book SynopsisThe first book to address the fundamental nexus that binds poverty and income inequality to soaring health care utilization and spending, Poverty and the Myths of Health Care Reform is a must-read for medical professionals, public health scholars, politicians, and anyone concerned with the heavy burden of inequality on the health of Americans.Trade ReviewThe book contains a comprehensive reference list. It also offers helpful information for every American interested in improving the country's health care system. Recommended. Choice ... passionately but meticulously argured... Penn MedicineTable of ContentsPrefaceAcknowledgmentsIntroduction1. Riding the A Train2. Milwaukee3. Los Angeles4. Boston versus New Haven5. Health Care Costs of Poverty6. A Nation of Nations7. Global Perspectives8. States9. The 30% Solution10. Solution #111. Solution #2ReferencesIndex

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Book SynopsisAttention deficit-hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) has been a common psychiatric diagnosis in both children and adults since the 1980s and 1990s in the United States. But the diagnosis was much less common-even unknown-in other parts of the world. By the end of the twentieth century, this was no longer the case, and ADHD diagnosis and treatment became an increasingly widespread global phenomenon. As the diagnosis was adopted around the world, the definition and treatment of ADHD often changed in the context of different psychiatric professions, medical systems, and cultures. Global Perspectives on ADHD is the first book to examine how this expanding public health concern is diagnosed and treated in 16 different countries. In some countries, readers learn, over 10% of school-aged children and adolescents are diagnosed with ADHD; in others, that figure is less than 1%. Some countries focus on medicating children with ADHD; others emphasize parent intervention or child therapy. Showing howTable of ContentsList of ContributorsPreface1. ADHD in Global Context, by Meredith R. Bergey and Angela M. Filipe2. The Rise and Transformation of ADHD in the United States, by Meredith R. Bergey and Peter Conrad3. In the Elephant's Shadow, by Claudia Malacrida and Tiffani Semach4. Historical, Cultural, and Sociopolitical Influences on Australia's Response to ADHD, by Brenton J. Prosser and Linda J. Graham5. The Medicalization of Fidgety Philip, by Fabian Karsch6. ADHD in the United Kingdom, by Ilina Singh7. The Emergence and Shaping of ADHD in Portugal, by Angela M. Filipe8. Transformations in the Irish ADHD Disorder Regime—, by Claire Edwards and Orla O’Donovan9. The Journey of ADHD in Argentina, by Silvia A. Faraone and Eugenia Bianchi10 . Academic and Professional Tensions and Debates around ADHD in Brazil, by Francisco Ortega, Rafaela Zorzanelli, and Valeria Goncalves11. ADHD in the Italian Context, by Alessandra Frigerio and Lorenzo Montali12. The French ADHD Landscape, by Madeleine Akrich and Vololona Rabeharisoa13. ADHD in Japan, by Mari Armstrong-Hough, Yasuo Murayama, Hiroyuki Ito, Junko Teruyama, and Masatsugu Tsujii14. Pharmaceuticalization through Government Funding Activities, by Manuel Vallee15. From Problematic Children to Problematic Diagnosis, by Sebastián Rojas Navarro, Patricio Rojas, and Mónica Peña16 . The Development of Child Psychiatry and the Biomedicalization of ADHD in Taiwan, by Fan-Tzu Tseng17. Exploring the ADHD Diagnosis in Ghana, by Christian Bröer, Rachel Spronk, and Victor Kraak18 . Reflections on ADHD in a Global Context, by Peter Conrad and Ilina SinghIndex

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Book SynopsisProof that high health care spending is linked directly to poverty. In Poverty and the Myths of Health Care Reform, Dr. Richard (Buz) Cooper argues that US poverty and high health care spending are inextricably entwined. Our nation's health care system bears a financial burden that is greater than in any other developed country in large part because impoverished patients use more health care, driving up costs across the board. Drawing on decades of research, Dr. Cooper illuminates the geographic patterns of poverty, wealth, and health care utilization that exist across neighborhoods, regions, and statesand among countries. He chronicles the historical threads that have led to such differences, examines the approaches that have been taken to combat poverty throughout US history, and analyzes the impact that structural changes now envisioned for clinical practice are likely to have. His research reveals that ignoring the impact of low income on health care utilization while blaming rTrade ReviewThe capstone to an illustrious career in academic medicine. Cooper's book offers surprising insights.—Health AffairsOffers helpful information for every American interested in improving the country's health care system. Recommended.—ChoicePassionately but meticulously argued.—Penn MedicineTable of ContentsPrefaceAcknowledgmentsIntroduction1. Riding the A Train2. Milwaukee3. Los Angeles4. Boston versus New Haven5. Health Care Costs of Poverty6. A Nation of Nations7. Global Perspectives8. States9. The 30% Solution10. Solution #111. Solution #2ReferencesIndex

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Book SynopsisWhy does US health care have such high costs and poor outcomes? Dr. David S. Guzick offers this critique of the American health care industry and argues that it could work more effectively by rebalancing care, cost, and access. For decades, the United States has been faced with a puzzling problem: Despite spending much more money per capita on health care than any other developed nation, its population suffers from notoriously poorer health. In comparison with 10 other high-income nations, in fact, the US has the lowest life expectancy at birth, the highest rates of infant and neonatal mortality, and the most inequitable access to physicians when adjusted for need. In An Introduction to the US Health Care Industry, Dr. David S. Guzick takes an in-depth look at this troubling issue. Bringing to bear his unique background as a physician, economist, former University of Rochester medical school dean, and former president of the University of Florida Health System, Dr. Guzick shows that Table of ContentsPreface Acknowledgments Chapter 1. Setting the Stage: Health and Health Care over the Past CenturyPart I. Economic UnderpinningsChapter 2. Perfect Competition and Its Applicability to Health Care Services Chapter 3. Imperfections in the Market for Health Care Services Chapter 4. Implications of an Imperfect Market I: Greater Utilization Due to Price Subsidies Chapter 5. Implications of an Imperfect Market II: The Role of Induced Demand Chapter 6. The Role of Price in Health Care Spending Growth Chapter 7. Inequality of Wealth, Health, and Access to Care Part II. Historical EvolutionChapter 8. Origins and Structural Underpinnings of the US Health Care Industry Chapter 9. The US Health Care Industry Takes Shape: The 1940s through 1965 Chapter 10. Medicare Chapter 11. Medicaid Chapter 12. The Affordable Care Act Part III. Contemporary EnvironmentChapter 13. Evidence-Based Practice Chapter 14. Cost-Benefit, Cost-Effectiveness, and Cost-Utility Analysis Chapter 15. Health Care Law Chapter 16. The Safety and Quality of Patient Care Chapter 17. The Cost Conundrum I: Utilization Chapter 18. The Cost Conundrum II: Price: Administration, Insurers, Physicians, and Hospitals Chapter 19. The Cost Conundrum III: Price: Pharmaceuticals and Medical Devices Chapter 20. Inequality of Access Part IV. Improving the Balance of Care, Cost, and AccessChapter 21. Improving the Balance I: Macro Considerations Chapter 22. Improving the Balance II: Enhancing Care, Reducing Cost, and Improving Access References Index

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Book SynopsisTrade ReviewWriting Killing Season required more than creativity and conscience; it took guts . . . Canning won't convince all of his colleagues that substance abusers are people first, but I think most of us who read this book will get better at our jobs and be happier doing them.—EMS WorldTable of ContentsIntroduction Prologue Chapter 1. Hartford, Connecticut, 1995Chapter 2. Park Street, 2016Chapter 3. AntipathyChapter 4. EmpathyChapter 5. AddictionChapter 6. StigmaChapter 7. Withdrawal and RelapseChapter 8. HeartacheChapter 9. Pain ControlChapter 10. Kelly and VeronicaChapter 11. Opioid ConferenceChapter 12. Harm ReductionChapter 13. FentanylChapter 14. Responder SafetyChapter 15. FamilyChapter 16. PartnersChapter 17. Mental HealthChapter 18. AgeChapter 19. The War on DrugsChapter 20. TemptationChapter 21. ChildrenChapter 22. Community NaloxoneChapter 23. Safe-Injection SiteChapter 24. CutChapter 25. Danger AheadChapter 26. The BakeryChapter 27. Call of DutyChapter 28. PlateauChapter 29. State CapitolEpilogueHeroin Bags of HartfordAcknowledgmentsNotesIndex

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Book SynopsisA practical guide for understanding how palliative care can improve quality of life for patients and their caregivers. Robin Bennett Kanarek was a registered nurse working with patients suffering from chronic medical conditions when her ten-year-old son was diagnosed with leukemia. As her son endured grueling treatments, Robin realized how often medical professionals overlook critical psychological, emotional, and spiritual support for people with life-threatening illnesses. Living Well with a Serious Illness is the culmination of decades of Robin's work to advance the field of palliative care. Although palliative care is often associated with hospice and end-of-life planning, Kanarek argues for a more expanded definition that incorporates palliative care earlier in patients' journeys. Living Well with a Serious Illness helps patients and their caregivers understand what palliative care entails how to access the support they need when going through a serious illness what questions Table of ContentsForeword by Sunita Puri, MDIntroduction: David's Story1. What is Palliative Care?2. Barriers to Palliative Care: Taking Care of the Person Versus Fighting the Disease3. How We Want to Die: Palliative Care's Benefits for Patients and Their Loved Ones4. How to Get the Care You Want: Knowing What to Ask For, What to Expect, and What to Demand5. How to Cope When Illness Changes Everything: Quality-of-Life Care Includes the Family6. Putting it All Together: Creating an Action Plan for When the End is Near7. Spirituality and Well-Being: Care of the Spirit Matters Too8. Grief: Tapping into Restorative Sources After Goodbye9. Making Palliative Care Mainstream: What Legislators, Philanthropists, Educators, and You Can DoEpilogue: David's Legacy—The Kanarek Family FoundationResourcesAcknowledgmentsAbout the AuthorIndex

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Book SynopsisAn insider account of how an African public health leader responded to an unprecedented Ebola outbreak. Tolbert Nyenswah, LLB, MPH, DrPH, was the assistant minister of health and deputy chief medical officer in Liberia when the 2014 Ebola epidemic struck. Nyenswah, the incident manager who led the response, became known as the Ebola Czar for his pivotal role in combating the epidemic despite his government's lack of resources. His story underscores the public health strategies that succeeded and those that failed, highlighting important lessons in managing current and future outbreaks. In Collapse and Resiliency, Nyenswah presents an insider's view of Liberia's response to the deadly Ebola epidemic. Nyenswah describes the fascinating journey from his childhood in a rural Liberian village to leading his country's response to the deadly outbreak, providing a deeply personal account of how the epidemic was finally controlled despite a depleted health care system. Prior to the Ebola epidTable of ContentsForewordEllen Johnson Sirleaf, Former President, Republic of LiberiaPrefaceIntroductionChapter 1. Ebola Hits LiberiaChapter 2. Born for Such a TimeChapter 3. Unsafe Rituals, Burial Practices, and International SpreadChapter 4. A Refugee in Côte d'IvoireChapter 5. Total Collapse of Public Health Care ServicesChapter 6. Security Challenge: Community Distrust and Resistance—West PointChapter 7. Interventions: What We Did and How We Did ItChapter 8. The International ResponseChapter 9. Recovery, Rebuilding, and ResiliencyChapter 10. ReflectionsAcronyms and AbbreviationsReferencesIndex

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Book SynopsisThis bookarticulates a clear four-phase process for planning, creating, implementing, and evaluating multilevel community health promotion interventions using a framework focusing on determinants from the individual, physical, and social environments. It breaks down each phaseinto detailed yet easy-to-follow steps that review important procedures, like identifying a behaviorally based problem within a community, choosing the underlying behavioral determinants to be targeted by the intervention, selecting intervention components and strategies, and evaluating outcomes to improve and further disseminate the intervention. Guidelines for engaging community members in the entire process, building teams, developing a manual of procedures, conducting pilot studies, and the importance of formative and process evaluation are reviewed as well. Also presented are instructions for adapting interventions for new communities. Feature boxes highlight key Trade ReviewDr. Lytle’s extensive experience in designing, developing, and evaluating multilevel behavioral interventions is the foundation for this important and timely book for researchers and practitioners. She has been the lead on many successful interventions involving youth and adults, concerning multiple health problems and associated behaviors, and this has resulted in a framework based on science and achievement. Her clarity reflects this wealth of knowledge, and she gifts us with clear and cogent steps to making our communities healthier places. -- Cheryl L. Perry, PhD, Professor Emerita, Department of Health Promotion and Behavioral Sciences, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston; School of Public Health, Austin Campus, Austin, TX, United StatesLeslie Lytle has written a practical guide for how to plan theoretically sound, creative, and effective policies and interventions to promote healthy behaviors. Concrete examples take the reader through the various steps of the process. The book is systematic and engaging—highly recommended! -- Knut-Inge Klepp, PhD, Executive Director, Norwegian Institute of Public Health, Oslo, NorwayThis is an excellent resource for students, researchers, and practitioners. The step-wise process for creating, implementing, and evaluating multilevel interventions is clearly described and easy to follow. Dr. Lytle’s decades long experience with designing and evaluating multilevel interventions is made evident through her practical guidance and applied intervention examples. -- Jess Haines, PhD, MHSc, RD, Department of Family Relations and Applied Nutrition, University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario, CanadaTable of ContentsAcknowledgmentsIntroduction to Designing Interventions to Promote Community Health: A Multilevel and Stepwise ApproachChapter 1. A Multilevel Framework for Intervention Design: Overview of the Phases and StepsChapter 2. A Practical Guide to Using Health Behavior Theories to Design Multilevel InterventionsChapter 3. The Plan PhaseChapter 4. The Create PhaseChapter 5. The Implement PhaseChapter 6. The Evaluate PhaseChapter 7. Using the Intervention Design Process to Guide the Adaptation of an InterventionReferencesIndexAbout the Author

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Book SynopsisMore and more states are legalizing marijuana in some form. Moreover, a majority of the U.S. population is in favor of the drug for recreational use. In the Weeds looks at how our society has become more permissive in the past 150 yearseven though marijuana is still considered a Schedule I drug by the American government.Sociologists Clayton Mosher and Scott Akins take a deep dive into marijuana policy reform, looking at the incremental developments and the historical, legal, social, and political implications of these changes. They investigate the effects, medicinal applications, and possible harms of marijuana. In the Weeds also considers arguments that youth will be heavy users of legalized cannabis, and shows how weed is demonized by exaggerations of the drug's risks and claims of its lack of medicinal value. Mosher and Akins end their timely and insightful book by tracing the distinct paths to the legalization of recreational marijuana in the United States and other countries as w

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Book SynopsisA poignant autoethnography that reflects back forty years later on loving someone chronically ill.

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Book SynopsisA poignant autoethnography that reflects back forty years later on loving someone chronically ill.

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Book SynopsisGoing beyond the newspapers, Killer Weed examines how legal, political, and civil initiatives that have emerged from the media narrative have troubling consequences for a shrinking Canadian civil society.Trade Review'A first-rate book about marijuana, grow operations, and the media in Canada... The book is both rigorous and sound, and will be of use to academics and graduate students doing work in drug policy, media studies, and sociology... Highly recommended.' -- R.Koop Choice vol 52:03:2014Table of ContentsList of Figures and Tables Acknowledgements Introduction: Marijuana Grow Ops: Setting the Scene Chapter One: A Brief Socio-History of Drug Scares, Racialization, Nation Building, and Policy Chapter Two: Problematizing Marijuana Grow Ops: Mayerthorpe and Beyond Chapter Three: Marijuana Grow Ops and Organized Crime Chapter Four: Racialization of Marijuana Grow Ops Chapter Five: Civil Responses to Marijuana Grow Ops Chapter Six: Using Children to Promote Increased Regulation: The Representation and Regulation of Children and Parents Found at Grow Ops Chapter Seven: Alternative Perspectives Appendix Newspaper References References Notes

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Book SynopsisThis book shows conclusively that inequalities in health are the scandal of our times in the most unequal of rich nations and calls for immediate action to reduce these inequalities in the near future.Trade Review"The catchy titles, informal tone and non-technical language render the book accessible, readable and easy to understand. This volume provides a compelling plea that we should all do our utmost to overcome the growing inequalities in health." Public Health Today"A useful and valuable resource...a strongly argued called for politicians, activists, and citizens to embrace the ideas of the left." People, place and policy"...highlights of the robust collection include how New Labour's policies targeted but did not achieve reductions in health inequalities". Health Affairs"Professor Dorling is a meticulous scholar who talks personally and directly to the reader rather than to other academics, and with a powerful message: willful ignorance of the social causes of illness and death is taking us back to Victorian levels of inequality." Sebastian Kraemer, Tavistock Clinic London and Whittington Hospital London"Forensic, persuasive, original, impassioned, readable and occasionally even optimistic, Danny Dorling frames inequality in such a way as to demand action. His data and analysis are invaluable ammunition." Zoe Williams, The Guardian"The text provides a wide overview, from a range of different perespectvies about regional, national, and international health inequalities." Dr Patricia Owen, University of Keele.“The breadth and depth of scholarship displayed in this book is staggering - but what impresses just as much is how engagingly Danny Dorling communicates the important truths about the scandal of our times.” Kate Pickett, Professor of Epidemiology, University of York and co-author of The Spirit Level"Useful for student nurses and understanding inequalities in health globally, as with individuals who migrate to different countries." Veronica Grant, University of Wolverhampton.Table of ContentsForeword by S.V. Subramanian; The long view; The liberal record; Medicine and politics; Despair and joy; Global inequality; Thinking, drawing and counting; Changing demographics and ageing populations; Index

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Book SynopsisChallenging the ethics of care as a tradeable commodity, this book introduces the concept of ailment as a framework for understanding social care. Providing examples from Britain and Finland, it demonstrates how ailment shapes all societies, and by addressing the marketisation of care, the authors bring to light increasing inequalities in care.Table of Contents1. Introduction: Humans as ailing beings 2. Tracing ailment in social and care policies 3. Profit making and ailment: the marketisation and financialisation of care 4. Ailment in caring encounters and divisions of care labour 5. The politics of ailment

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Book SynopsisWhat part do the values of growth and prosperity, freedom and justice, security and democracy play in social policy and human welfare? How can we judge the validity of these the founding principles of Western liberalism and the policies they shape, as the recipe for progress?At a time of global permacrisis', Sebastian Taylor applies his extensive frontline experience working with health systems and healthcare in the Global North and South to assess the concrete impact of contemporary liberal values on our welfare, development and environmental survival. Drawing on research from around the world, he uses health as an objective metric to assess how effective these policies are for individuals and society as a whole.Table of ContentsPrologue: Health and civilisation Crisis: A Timeline Part 1: Growth 1. Growth, Wealth and Health 2. Health and Trade 3. 'They Go on Because They Have Begun' Part 2: Freedom 4. The Nature of Freedom 5. The Vaccine Society 6. The Freedom to Fail 7. The Dead Hand of Care Part 3: Justice 8. The Poverty of Justice 9. Just Health, Just Care 10. A Kingdom of Ends Part 4: Security 11. War and Peace 12. The Risk Society Part 5: Democracy 13. One for All Part 6: Truth 14. Who Counts? 15. Conclusion Postscript: Crisis in the UK 2022

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Book SynopsisHealth figures centrally in late twentieth-century environmental activism. In this book, Jennifer Thomson untangles the complex web of political, social, and intellectual developments that gave rise to the multiplicity of claims and concerns about environmental health.

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Book SynopsisOffers the first history of fatigue, one that is scrupulously researched but also informed by Emily Abel's own experiences as a cancer survivor. With her engaging and informative style, Abel gives us a synthetic history of fatigue and outlines how it has been ignored or misunderstood by medical professionals and American society as a whole.

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Book SynopsisShows how immigrants reshaped American medicine while the clinic became a crucial site for navigating questions of wellness, citizenship, and culture.

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Book SynopsisShows why the field of bioethics must embrace a broader and more meaningful view of justice, principally by incorporating the tools and insights of the social sciences, epidemiology, and public health. The authors make the case for a more social understanding of justice, and a deeper humility in assessing expertise in bioethics consulting.

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